[ASSASSIN] ⇔ Aveline De Grandpre

Last week, I reviewed Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. I scored it a 6.5. At various points in the comments, this led people to pronounce that I was surely (A) a Vita hater, (B) a horrible monster, or (C) a horrible, Vita-hating monster. But as these things tend to go, the reality of the matter isn't quite as exciting as the theories: I'm simply a fan of the series who enjoyed Liberation but felt its flaws--technical and otherwise--were substantial enough to warrant a score in the "approach with caution" range.

And yet, in spite of the frame rate issues and misguided touch controls, there's something about Liberation that's stuck with me over the past week. It's a deeply fascinating game, one that takes risks and introduces new ideas to the tried-and-true Assassin's Creed formula. These ideas don't always come together especially well, but they're almost always interesting. And, for me, no part of Liberation is more interesting than its narrative ambitions.

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So really, as a means to appease, for those who've purchased the game:

• What do you all think of it so far?
• What are you thinking of Liberation's storyline so far? Is the absence of a third party like Desmond Miles better or worse for the flow of gameplay?
• Is Aveline de Grandpre the definitive Assassin of AC3 or just better than her predecessors?
• Is the Online/Multiplayer or Single Player campaign? improved over the previous?
• How are the gameplay mechanics in action [or practice]?